Method and device for waving hair



March 28, 1944. 's, CHE MK 2,345,459

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METHOD AND DEVICE FOR WAVING HAIR Filed May 26, 1942 3 Sheets-Sheet 2ATTORNEYS M 1944- E. s. CHIBNlK 2,345,459

METHOD AND DEVICE FOR WAVING HAIR Filed May 26, 1942 3 Sheets-Sheet 3 2Y J: ZfVVIIIZNTOR. A BY Moan ATTORNEYS Patented Mar. 28, 1944 FFICEMETHOD AND DEVICE FOR WAYING HAIR 1 Elhanan S. Chibnik, Brooklyn, N. Y.,assignor to Eastern Trading Company, New York, N. Y., a

Anna Finkelstein and firm composed of William Finkelstein ApplicationMay 26, 1942, Serial No. 444,519

9 Claims. 101432-33) My invention relates to a new and improved methodand to a new and improved device for waving hair.

One of the objects of my invention is to provide a simple method anddevice whereby one or more waves can be formed in a strand of hair,intermediate the scalp and the free end of said strand.

Another object of my invention is to provide a method and device wherebya Bobby pin or other suitable clamping device will be located, prior toforming the respective wave, so that the legs of the wave can be passedbetween the legs of said clamping device. Said clamping device thenholds the hair in its waved formation.

Another object of my invention is to provide a simple method and devicewhereby a woman can conveniently wave her own hair, particularly at theback of her head.

Other objects of my invention will be stated in the annexed descriptionand drawings which illustrate preferred embodiments thereof.

Fig. 1 is a side elevation showing the movable member of the device inits initial position. The broken lines in this view indicate theposition to which the hair is moved by said movable member, when saidmovable member is moved to the position shown in Fig. 2.

Fig. 2 is a side elevation, partially in section, showing the movablemember in its final or operative position, in which it abuts the innerface of the bight of hair. In this view the slidable tube of the movablemember is shown in the inner position of said slidable tube.

Fig. 3 is similar to Fig. 4, showing said slidable tube in its outerposition, in which the waved portion of the strand of hair is locatedintermediate the shanks of the Bobby pin.

Fig. 4 is a top plan view of Fig. 3.

Fig.5 is a sectional view on the line 55 of Fig. 2.

Fig. 6 is a side elevation, partially in section, of a second embodimentof the invention.

Fig. 7 is a top plan view of Fig. 6.

Fig. 8 is a sectional view on the line 88 of Fig. 7.

Fig. 9 is a top plan view of a third embodiment of the invention.

Figs. 10, 11 and 12 are respectively sectional views on the linesIll-II], II-II and I2-I2 of Fig. 9.

The device of the first embodiment comprises abody which has hollow legsor arms I and 2. Said legs or arms I and 2 have end portions la and 2awhich are bent towards each other. The drawings are to scale andreference is made thereto for further details. Thelegs I and 2 areintegral with a rear end portion I2 which is bent upwardly relative tothe legs I and 2. The movable member 4 is pivoted to said rear endportion l2, by means of a pivot pin 6b. Said movable member isprovidedwith a finger hold 5. Said movable member 4 is also providedwith a slidable tube 6. The movable member 4 is provided with alongitudinal groove 8 which is closed at each end thereof. The slide 6is provided with a tongue 1 which fits slidably in said groove 8. Asshown in Fig. 5, the movable member 4 is of cylindrical cross-sectionand the slide 6 has a partial circular cross-section. The outwardsliding movement of the tube 6 relative to the movable member 4, to theposition shown in Fig. 3, is limited by the abutment of the tongue I ofsaid slide 6, against the outer end of said groove 8. The slide 6 is notturnable relative to the movable member 4.

The shanks. of a Bobby pin B, or other suitable resilient clampingdevice, can be inserted into the ends Ia and 2a of the legs I and 2. Theshanks of the Bobbypin B can be inserted any desired distance. Ifdesired, the shanks of said Bobby pin B can be located wholly in thebent end portions la and 2a, or said shanks of the Bobby pin B canextend into the parallel portions of thelegs I and 2.

The method of using the improved device of the first embodiment is asfollows:

The shanks of theBobby pin B are inserted any desired distance into thelegs I and 2, .or only into their tips I a and 21;, until the Bobby pinB is held frictionally and removably in posie tion. The movable member 4is then tilted to the initial position which is shown in Fig. 1, withthe slide 6 located in the inner position which. is shown in Fig. 1 andin- Fig. 2. The slide 6 can fit frictionally upon the movable member 4,so that it requires some force to slide the member 6 relative to themember 4. If desired, the slide 6 can move freely relative to the member4, with little or no friction. I

A portion of the tress of hair which is to be waved, is then locatedacross the legs I and 2, and between said legs I and 2 and the tiltedmovable member 4, While said member 4 is in the position of Fig. 1. Saidportion of the tress of hair may abut the bottoms of the legs I and 2.The movable member 4 is then turned through the space between legs I and2, to the operative position which is shown in Fig. 2, by exertingpressure upon the finger hold 5. This pressure can easily be supplied bya finger of one hand of the operator. A portion of the strand of hair isthus moved through the space between the legs I and 2 and above saidlegs I and 2, in order to form a bight in the strand of hair H. The legsof said bight of the strand of hair are then located in the spacebetween the legs I and 2. then moved towards the Bobby pin B, in unisonwith the slide 6, until the bight of the strand of hair H is in theposition which is illustrated in Fig. 3. In said positionfat least apart of each leg of the bight of hair is locatedbetween The bight of thestrand of hair is the shanks of the Bobby pin. "Of course, the

width of the strand of hair which is being waved may vary. The Bobby pinB mayhave shanks of any desired length. Hence, in the position shown inFig. 3, and before the Bobby pin is slid outwardly'relative tothe legsland 2, the entire bight may be located in the space between the shanksof the Bobby pin; or only a part of said bight may be located in thespace between said shanks. The bight of hair is then slid outwardlyrelative to the member 6, and the Bobby pin B is also slid outwardlyuntil the Bobby pin B is wholly detached from the legs I and 2. The legsof the Bobby pin then spring towards each other into clamping relation,so that the innersurfaces of the legs of the bight of hair are clampedagainst each other in abutting relation. The shanks of the Bobby pin maythus clamp legs of the bight of hair along the entire Widths of saidlegs, or along parts of said widths.

Each wave is therefore held in wave formation by 2. Bobby pin or otherclamping device, so that the waving device can be used successively withsuccessive Bobby pins, in order to form and clamp any desired number ofwaves.

When the bight of hair is formed, a portion of said bight may overlapthe slidable member 6 at its outer end, as illustrated in Fig. 2. Byforming a wave or bight in a narrow strand of hair, said bight may belocated wholly on the slide 6, when said bight is initially formed inthe manner which is shown in Fig. 2.

The member 6 can be omitted, if desired, in which case the member 4 willhave a smooth and preferably cylindrical'shape. The members 4 and 6 canhave any desired cross-section.

As shown in Fig. 2, the outer end of said member 4 may be tapered. Theslide 6 may be provided with a cut-out 6a intermediatethe ends of saidslide.

For convenience, the device has been described with reference to theposition which is shown in the drawings, but it may be used in anyposition. In actual practice, when the device is used, and the movablemember 4 is in its initial position, said member 4 may be closer to thescalp than the legs I and 2. In forming the wave, the main body of themember 4 may be turned away from the scalp, and'the hair will be pushedthrough the space between the legs I and 2, in a direction away from thescalp.

In the second embodiment which is illustrated in Figs. 6-8, inclusive,the curling device is provided with straight hollow legs lb and 2b. ABobby pin B is inserted in each said leg, so that the shanks of eachBobby pin are located in the same vertical plane. The respective shanksof the two Bobby pins B are therefore located in respective verticalplanes. As shown in Fig. 6,

the tip of the leg 2b is provided with an enlargement It, so that therespective Bobby pin can be held in open position and with its shanksseparated from each other. The legs Ib and 2b are identical in shape, sothat the respective Bobby pin of the leg ii) is likewise held in openposition.

After the Bobby pins B have been located in the respective legs lb and2b, the device of this second embodiment is used in the same manner asthe device of the first embodiment. When the sleeve 6 is slid to theouter position which is shown in Fig. 7, the bight of hair has its legslocated between the Bobby pins B. The outwardly inclined base portion ofeach leg of the bight of hair is passed between the open shanks of arespective Bobby pin. When the Bobby pins are removed from the legs Iband 2b, during the outward sliding movement of the bight of hair, thebase of each leg of the bight is thus clamped to the hair adjacent thescalp. The bight of hair is thus held in waved position, with the innerends of its legs held either close to each other or substantiallyabutting each other.

The device which is shown in the third embodiment of Figs. 9-12,inclusive, is provided with three legs. The outer legs I and 2 are thesame as the legs I and 2 of the first embodiment. The median leg I I isprovided with a head which has respective bores or recesses forreceiving the respective adjacent'shanks of a pair of Bobby pins B.

Each Bobby pin is thus held in open position upon the device. In thisembodiment, the four shanks of the two Bobby pins B are in the samehorizontal plane. This device has a pair of pivoted members 4, each ofwhich is provided with a respective slidable sleeve 5. The pivotedmenibers 4 have a common pivot member 6b and a common finger piece 5. Asillustrated in Fig. 12, the two pivoted members 4 produce, in effect, adouble bight or wave. This embodiment is used as in the precedingembodiments, by assembling the two Bobby pins B in respective openpositions with the device, prior to operating the members 4 in order toform the double bight of hair. As in the preceding embodiments, theslidable sleeve 6 may be omitted.

In the embodiments of Figs. 1-12, inclusive, the longitudinal axis ofeach Bobby pin is held parallel to the parallel longitudinal axes of thelegs of the device.

I have not shown the details of the commercial Bobby pin in thedrawings, as such devices are old and well known per se.

' The devices described herein may be made of metal or of any plasticmaterial, either rigid or resilient.

- I have described numerous embodiments of my invention but it is clearthat numerous changes and omissions can be made in said embodiments,without departing from the spirit of the invention.

In each of the embodiments, the curling device has at least two legs andat least one bight is formed in a strand of hair intermediate the scalpend of said strand and the free end thereof. After said bight has beenformed, a portion of the waved strand of hair is located in the spacebetween the legs of the device. In this respect, the embodiment whichincludes Fig. 9 is in effect a double waver, because the intermediateleg]! is associated with each of the outer legs I and 2 In eachembodiment, the waver has at least one shanks of the open Bobby pin oropen Bobby pins.

The part of the hair which is clamped by a Bobby pin may be located atany desired distance from the closed end of the Bobby pin. Any clampingor binding or holding device, resilient or non-resilient, can be usedinstead of a Bobby pm.

In using any of the embodiments, the waving device may be slid relativeto the strand of hair.

Whenever I refer, in a claim or claims, to means for supporting a bightof hair at the inner surface of the loop portion of said bight, suchmeans may comprise an element or elements of the wavmg device whichperform additional functions. Whenever I refer to a bight, I includeevery type of wave shape.

I claim:

1, A hair-waving device having spaced arms, said arms having hollowouter free ends which are strand of hair, which a single bight in astrand of said relative longitudinal movement being produced by movingsaid bight of hair while said holding device is held stationary.

4. A hair-waving device which has movable means for forming a bight ofhair and for supporting said bight of hair at the inner side of the loopend of said bight of member is in said final position.

7. A method 0 waving a strand of hair, which consists in forming asingle bight in said strand ELHANAN S. CHIBNIK.

